Thinking Global Podcast – Ajay Gudavarthy Image by Ajay Gudavarthy On this episode of the Thinking Global Podcast, Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy  chats with Tusharika (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Gudavarthy speaks about the Congress party of India, its history, its electoral effect, the ongoing 2024 elections in India, and more. … Read more

Protesters set up blockades and started fires on roads as the French authorities in the semiautonomous territory imposed a curfew on the capital.

Pinned under the rubble of a five-storey apartment block that collapsed in South Africa’s coastal city of George, electrician Delvin Safers was trapped next to the motionless, silent body of his colleague. He was dead. Mr Safers was terrified. But most of all, at that moment, he was sad for the man who had become … Read more

Judges hearing Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s trial have grilled the Hong Kong media mogul’s lawyers for failing to question a key prosecution witness about contentious workplace messages during earlier proceedings. Lai’s legal team on Tuesday appeared unable to convince the three justices sitting at West Kowloon Court to allow them to reopen their cross-examination of former … Read more

Kodagu district in Karnataka, renowned for its picturesque landscapes, has long been grappling with environmental issues. This year, amidst a severe drought, thousands of trees have allegedly been felled and burnt near the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mundrote Range of the Padinalkunadu Reserve Forest. Environmentalists and activists in Kodagu have raised an alarm over … Read more

“Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our planet’s ability to fight climate change,” said Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director. The agency’s World Wildlife Crime Report takes stock of the efforts to counter poaching worldwide. Although there are positive signs that trafficking of some iconic … Read more

Tens of people are still feared to be trapped with a rescue operation under way, emergency services say.

NEW DELHI (AP) — A large billboard collapsed onto people during heavy rain and thunderstorms in India’s western city of Mumbai, killing at least 14 and injuring 74 others, reports said. A rescue operation was ongoing Tuesday morning, and it was unclear how many people may still be trapped. The rains, accompanied by high winds, … Read more

Leading quantum physicist Pan Jianwei and his team at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed an artificial quantum system that has groundbreaking implications for physics and could pave the way for fault-tolerant quantum computing. The researchers used photons to simulate an interaction between charged particles known as the fractional anomalous quantum … Read more

The company said the model could generate content or understand commands in voice, text, or images. San Francisco: OpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and even more human-like version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users. The update to OpenAI’s flagship product landed … Read more